Carbon Tax Impact Assessment Model (Compressed XLS / 456 KB) The Carbon Tax Impact Assessment Model (spreadsheet) allows individual brick makers to determine the total volume of emissions over which it will become liable under the Carbon Tax as well as the total costs...
Sustainability
University of Pretoria releases Energy Usage Study of walling in SA
The University of Pretoria has released results of its Thermal Performance Study, which assessed operational energy use of structures built with six different walling materials. When selecting building materials, developers and architects of green buildings take into...
Sustainability team visits Thohoyandou informal brick makers
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersLimpopo province — and particularly Thohoyandou in the Vhembe regional municipality — is well known for the quality of its clay and the manufacturing of clay bricks. The Switch team visited the region to collect data,...
Simplify your sustainability reporting!
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe brick making sector in South Africa currently emits roughly 2.2 million tCO2e per year (Sector Sustainability Report 2018). Monitoring and reporting must cover all industrial processes, including fugitive and...
Our sustainability journey – Algoa Brick
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersBefore the concept of sustainability took on its current depth of meaning, Algoa Brick was already working towards reducing its resource consumption. MD and SAEEC Board Member Nico Mienie, describes the company’s 15-year...
Makana supplements with solar
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersMakana Brick in the Eastern Cape uses a solar microgrid to supplement and secure their power supply. The farm of photovoltaic (PV) panels is designed to produce 600 000 kW hours per annum — 356kWp DC and 300kWp AC. “The...
Interpreting the 2018 Mining Charter
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersFundiswa Ndaba, Senior Policy Analyst: Public Affairs and Transformation at The Minerals Council reports on the Mining Charter 2018 MC2018 became effective on the 1 March 2019. Mining right holders must report on the new...
Fostering sustainability in brickmaking micro-enterprises
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe Clay Brick Association of South Africa (CBA), EcoMetrix Africa (EMA) and Partners for Innovation (PfI) have been commissioned to execute a 3-year project co-sponsored by the European Union (EU) under the SWITCH...
Finance Guide – Energy Efficiency projects
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersDo you want to improve the energy efficiency of your clay brick production facility, but you don’t know how and where to get finance? Have a look at the Energy Efficiency Finance Guide. This guide has been developed to...
EECB wins 2016 National Energy Globe Award
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe Energy Efficient Clay Brick (EECB) Project is proud to announce today that it has been named the winner of the National Energy Globe Award South Africa in the 2016 Energy Globe Awards. The Energy Globe Award is...